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Woman and Her Master. Woman and Her Master.

MORGAN, Sydney, Lady, née Owenson. Woman and Her Master. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Henry Colburn. 1840
Orig. purple vertical-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; spines & edges faded, inner hinges sl. cracked, one or two minor repairs. Contemp. signatures on leading pastedowns & additional signature on titlepage vol. I.

¶Sadleir 1784; Wolff 4919. A consideration of women throughout the ages and throughout the world; their rights, customs, and privileges. Chapters include, 'The Women of Savage Life', 'The Women of the Hebrews', 'The Women of Classical Antiquity', 'The Women of Rome', and 'The Women of Empire'. Lady Morgan mentions to further volumes to come, but these were never published.
Stock #81334
£150


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